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Halliburton Discloses Bribe
Paid To Nigerian Tax Official

HOUSTON -- A subsidiary of Halliburton Co. paid a Nigerian tax official $2.4 million in bribes to get favorable tax treatment, the company disclosed in a federal filing.

In a filing made Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the oilfield-services company said its KBR engineering and construction company unit "made improper payments of approximately $2.4 million to an entity owned by a Nigerian national who held himself out as a tax consultant, when in fact he was an employee of a local tax...